Farm Bill
A Roadmap for Building a More Effective, Resilient, and Customer-Centered SNAP Program
As the membership association for state, county, and city human services agencies, APHSA is committed to promoting recommendations for the upcoming Farm Bill that focus on smart policy that improves customer experience and reduces gaps in participation, while mitigating administrative burden for agencies that administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The Farm Bill is typically reauthorized every five years, however, in 2023 a one-year extension was passed through September 2024. The next Farm Bill is estimated to have over 80% of the spending allocated toward nutrition programs, with SNAP being the largest.
SNAP is the largest federal program dedicated to advancing food and nutrition security, which are both critical social determinants of health and well-being. Through the economic nutrition supports that SNAP provides, to its programs including SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T), SNAP Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed), and SNAP Outreach, SNAP is working to support families on their path to better their health outcomes for the long term.
APHSA will continue to release policy briefs as part of The Path Forward: State and Local Policy Priorities for the Farm Bill, sharing recommendations that have been guided by our members and have received consensus across the country.
Read the first publication in this series that touches on all seven of our recommendations as well as the policy briefs that have since followed diving deeper into some of those recommendations:
APHSA will continue to publish policy briefs that dive deeper into additional policy areas highlighted in our roadmap. Additionally, APHSA will bring in perspectives from communities, partners, and members through our new blog series, Making the Sauce: Ingredients for People-Powered Policymaking in the Farm Bill . Across both series, we will focus on the following :
Improving Customer Experience in Benefits Access
Creating Pathways for Economic Mobility through SNAP E&T and Work Supports
Advancing Equity in
SNAP Policy
Strengthening Program Identity
Improving SNAP Technology and
EBT Infrastructure
Enhancing Nutrition Securitythrough SNAP-Ed
Streamlining AdministrativePolicies and Procedures
The Path Forward: State and Local Policy Priorities for the Upcoming Farm Bill
Brief 1: Farm Bill: A Roadmap for Building a More Effective, Resilient, and Customer-Centered SNAP Program
Brief 2: Customer Experience Demonstration Project: Understanding What Works for Individuals and Families
Brief 3: Navigating the SNAP Cliff (Part 1): Building Bridges to Scale High Impact SNAP E&T Programming
Brief 4: Payment Error Rates: Understanding What They Are and How to Support SNAP Agencies in Reducing Them
Brief 5: Supporting Elderly and Disabled Members of Our Communities by Simplifying SNAP
Brief 6: Navigating the SNAP Cliff (Part 2): Forging Stable Pathways from SNAP E&T to the Marketplace
Making the Sauce: Ingredients for People-Powered Policymaking
Post 1: SNAP Agency Priorities for Program Success
By: Linda Schroeder, Benefits Support Team Administrator for the Arizona Department of Economic Services and Chair of the American Association of SNAP Directors (AASD)Post 2: Reflections from a Reentry Journey
By: Quiana Brifu, Federal Policy Associate, Center for Employment OpportunitiesPost 3: The Critical Role of SNAP for College Students: Spotlight on University of California, Irvine
By: Sandra Cuyuch, CalFresh Manager, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Basic Needs CenterPost 4: What Farmers Markets Mean to Me, My Family, and My Community (Available in English and Spanish)
By: Zurisaday (Zuri) Robbins Briz, former Food Access Advocate and Founder of Dreamers Thrive
As mentioned, additional policy briefs and blog posts will follow.
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